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Norton AntiVirus Help Interface Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7394
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Release Date:
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2002-10-25
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Last Update:
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2003-10-27
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Popularity:
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9,484 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Symantec Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.5 and 7.6, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate privileges.
The problem is that the Norton AntiVirus invokes the Windows Help interface with LocalSystem privileges. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on a system with escalated privileges.
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